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Joe Musashi is arguably one of Sega's primary mascots in the company. From the 80s until his series' hiatus in 2011, his games have been 2D hack-and-slash and action-filled 80s ninjas experiences meant for arcades. The console Shinobi games were more detailed and tailored for replayability, while delivering the best visual and audio works through t...
After many years, Apple is loosening some of its restrictive practices. In a recent update this week, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games (via The Verge). This bold move from the company allows retro console emulators already on Android to bring their apps over to the iPhone and App...
After Sega's The Game Awards 2023 announcement showcasing its classic game remake revival, many are anticipating another Sega renaissance like in the 90s, but for the next few years. And it seems like we might be getting more revivals of older titles. Sega recently filed four trademarks on 6th December (via Gematsu). They are: Jet Set Radio...
It's the year 2022, but somehow or other people still want to make games for a classic 16-bit console that's hard to find these days. The latest? Yuzo Koshiro. The composer, who is known for making awesome music for Revenge of Shinobi and the Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle series back in the 90s for the 16-bit era of gaming, is making a new Megadr...
The recent announcement of Dotemu and Tribute Games' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is another addition to the awesome wave of new-yet-kinda-old beat-em-ups we've been seeing since 2019's River City Girls. It's also a stark reminder that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had been a merchandise juggernaut since the 90s, video games ...
After 30 years of speculation and theories, all it took is one Twitter message from an ex-Sega employee. Former Sonic Team head Yuji Naka has confirmed (nonchalantly online) that Michael Jackson did compose some of the music for Sonic The Hedgehog 3. The question of the King of Pop's involvement with the game has been shrouded in mystery since t...
Platform(s): PS4 (version reviewed), PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: Sega-themed retro game collection featuring its best 2D mascot with attitude It's no secret that there's a huge appeal of classic 2D Sonic The Hedgehog platformer titles. They offer a great alternative to the methodical Mario titles of the time, they hav...
Good video game sequels are hard to come by, at least in the past few generations. In films, you have a Godfather 2 to balance out the numerous Friday The 13th sequel churns that span more than a trilogy. In games, it's arguably rare to find a sequel that completely trumps over its predecessor. Back in the late 80s and 90s of 8-bit and 16-bit ga...
2021 is the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise's 30th anniversary, and it looks like we might be getting something special from Sega this year. French site Sogamely has leaked a mysterious Sonic Collection for PS4. What makes this source more believable is that it's the very same company that leaked the Sonic Colors remaster several weeks ago. Howe...
YouTube channel Hidden Palace has revealed the first-ever playthrough of the Sonic The Hedgehog prototype for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. So what makes this version different than the final release of the game? Well, this prototype has: The ball that was in screenshot previews of Sonic The Hedgehog back in the 90s. Unused enemies and ass...
For those of you wanting to buy yourselves the Mega Drive/Sega Genesis retro mini console, here's the full list of announced games slated for the upcoming device. It's a whopping 42, in case you must know. Also, bolded games are exclusives to the region. Genesis Mini, US Version Tetris (ridiculously rare version!) Darius (brand new port!) Vir...
Sega has announced another slew of classic games to be confirmed on the Sega Genesis Mini retro console. Or Mega Drive Mini for us Asians. [caption id="attachment_23708" align="aligncenter" width="212"] One of the classic faves.[/caption] They have revealed another 10 out of the 40 games pre-installed on the console. The games will differ acco...
Legendary music composer Yuzo Koshiro, who made his mark in the Ys series and in a ton of Sega Megadrive/Genesis games, will be involved with the Mega Drive Mini. He will be making brand-new music for the menu, which is fitting considering he's contributed a ton of aural masterpieces during the MegaDrive heydays. In keeping with the old-school the...
In honour of Sekiro's One-Armed Wolf, a shinobi/ninja with a grappling hook and the ability to resurrect when needed, let's talk about video games' plethora of silent killers, one-man powerhouses, and black/white-clad sword-wielding shuriken-chucking heroes: the video game ninja. Unlike the real-life variant, most video game ninjas attack their ...
Update: we added an alleged leak of movie Sonic's face in full, all the way at the bottom of this post. So IGN just released an exclusive "motion poster" of the live action Sonic The Hedgehog movie. And.... https://www.instagram.com/p/BrNSsfVHOTt/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again Where to begin? Why are...
Rejoice, beat-em-up fans of 90s video games based after The Warriors! Streets of Rage is making a comeback with a fourth installment (fifth if we count the equally-awesome Streets of Rage Remake fan game) thanks to DotEmu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games. Check out the Streets of Rage 4 video below which features Axel in a beard, Blaze who hasn'...
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